Conference Chair


Professor Malik Peiris - Chairman

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China



Scientific Committee


Professor Larry Anderson

Professor and Marcus Chair of Infectious Diseases

Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Professor Benjamin Cowling

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor John Edmunds

Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health,

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Professor Ron Fouchier

Department of Virology

The Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands

Professor Yi Guan

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor David Hui

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka

School of Veterinary Medicine,

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Dr Tommy Lam

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor Yuguo Li

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor Donald Milton

School of Public Health,

University of Maryland, USA

Professor Colin Parrish

College of Veterinary Medicine,

Cornell University, USA

Professor Malik Peiris

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor Leo Poon

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Dr Richard Webby

Infectious Diseases Department,

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA

Dr Hui-Ling Yen

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China



Organizing Committee


Professor Benjamin Cowling

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Dr Tommy Lam

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor Malik Peiris

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Professor Leo Poon

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Dr Hui-Ling Yen

School of Public Health,

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Supported by the Conference Grant for the 130th Anniversary of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, and the Croucher Foundation and organized in collaboration with the International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases.
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